This doesn't look charming, it just looks Japanese. Like every other overly cutesy Japanese fiction that involves spirits or demons or whatever. What sets this apart?

Studio Ghibli.They make some of the best animated movies from Japan for the last 20 or so years, and helped set the "Japanese" look. Some of their movies include "My neighbor Toronto," "Spirited Away," "Nazacca"

This doesn't look charming, it just looks Japanese. Like every other overly cutesy Japanese fiction that involves spirits or demons or whatever. What sets this apart?

Studio Ghibli.They make some of the best animated movies from Japan for the last 20 or so years, and helped set the "Japanese" look. Some of their movies include "My neighbor Toronto," "Spirited Away," "Nazacca"

Don't forget Grave of Fireflies. The classic movie that everyone should see exactly once.

Now i want to see a Studio Ghibli film about the Nazca lines of Peru. I mean there is definitely something there - especially as they can "only be seen from the air" and Miyazaki has a thing for sky-vessels (given what is father did, it is not a surprise).

/*cough* Nausicaa or ナウシカ *cough*//Spent too much time in the Sea of Pedantry . . .

Now i want to see a Studio Ghibli film about the Nazca lines of Peru. I mean there is definitely something there - especially as they can "only be seen from the air" and Miyazaki has a thing for sky-vessels (given what is father did, it is not a surprise).

/*cough* Nausicaa or ナウシカ *cough*//Spent too much time in the Sea of Pedantry . . .

My brother went to see the Nazca lines. He said it is a myth that they can only be seen from the air. You can see them from nearby hilltops too. They are "best viewed" from the air.

This doesn't look charming, it just looks Japanese. Like every other overly cutesy Japanese fiction that involves spirits or demons or whatever. What sets this apart?

Studio Ghibli.They make some of the best animated movies from Japan for the last 20 or so years, and helped set the "Japanese" look. Some of their movies include "My neighbor Toronto," "Spirited Away," "Nazacca"

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Warrener:They make some of the best animated movies from Japan for the last 20 or so years, and helped set the "Japanese" look. Some of their movies include "My neighbor Toronto," "Spirited Away," "Nazacca"

Don't forget Grave of Fireflies. The classic movie that everyone should see exactly once.

If you really want the best experience, watch it while hopped up on a cocktail of vodka and barbituates.

Doogles4221:Some of their movies include "My neighbor Toronto," "Spirited Away,"

I've seen these two. I liked Spirited Away, and Totoro was... I guess enjoyable. I don't know. There's nothing wrong with the Japanese stuff. I can't peg out exactly what I dislike about it, but it just takes extra effort for it to click with me. Usually cutesy sprites and demons are a turn off for me.

Perlin Noise:As a developer, I can say, that game looks pretty as hell.

May be the best use of "cartoon style" cell shading I have seen to date.

It's a PS3 exclusive (article blocked at work)? D'oh. i love games with cel shading or sprites.

///My friends used to marvel over the jump in graphics from FF6 to FF7, while I thought the 3D stuff just looked goofy. I am not trying to be a video game art hipster or anything, I just like the "drawn" style better.

roc6783:///My friends used to marvel over the jump in graphics from FF6 to FF7, while I thought the 3D stuff just looked goofy. I am not trying to be a video game art hipster or anything, I just like the "drawn" style better.

FF didn't know what to do with itself when it made the jump to 3D. Keep the super deformed look? Go for realism? The did both with 7, went for real (as you could be then) with 8, and then back to deformed with 9. And then it all went downhill and now they just put the exact same face on top of a Tetsuya Nomura costume.

This game is beautiful. This is what Nintendo should have been aiming for with Wind Waker graphics if they were trying to capture childish whimsy and wonder. This looks head and shoulders above what Nintendo released of the WW remake.

roc6783:Perlin Noise: As a developer, I can say, that game looks pretty as hell.

May be the best use of "cartoon style" cell shading I have seen to date.

It's a PS3 exclusive (article blocked at work)? D'oh. i love games with cel shading or sprites.

///My friends used to marvel over the jump in graphics from FF6 to FF7, while I thought the 3D stuff just looked goofy. I am not trying to be a video game art hipster or anything, I just like the "drawn" style better.

roc6783:Perlin Noise: As a developer, I can say, that game looks pretty as hell.

May be the best use of "cartoon style" cell shading I have seen to date.

It's a PS3 exclusive (article blocked at work)? D'oh. i love games with cel shading or sprites.

///My friends used to marvel over the jump in graphics from FF6 to FF7, while I thought the 3D stuff just looked goofy. I am not trying to be a video game art hipster or anything, I just like the "drawn" style better.

The problem with polygons IMO is that they look worse than sprites when they're in low resolution and low poly count. Which is exactly what you had during the PS1/N64 days, but of course it paved the way for what we have now. But I feel that's why you can go back and play a 2d sprite game and still feel like it's aged well and looks good, but early polygon games can be harsh on eyes used to seeing modern 3d games.

This doesn't look charming, it just looks Japanese. Like every other overly cutesy Japanese fiction that involves spirits or demons or whatever. What sets this apart?

Studio Ghibli.They make some of the best animated movies from Japan for the last 20 or so years, and helped set the "Japanese" look. Some of their movies include "My neighbor Toronto," "Spirited Away," "Nazacca"

If you really want the best experience, watch it while hopped up on a cocktail of vodka and barbituates.

roc6783:///My friends used to marvel over the jump in graphics from FF6 to FF7, while I thought the 3D stuff just looked goofy. I am not trying to be a video game art hipster or anything, I just like the "drawn" style better.

I pretty much gave up on FF after the characters became this...

As a 30 something I can play a cartoon stylized game without feeling a sense of feeling "too old for this shiat", but once I detect even sniff of that teen angsty/emo vibe I'm out.

Perlin Noise:As a developer, I can say, that game looks pretty as hell.

May be the best use of "cartoon style" cell shading I have seen to date.

Fully agreed, that is a stunning implementation. I can understand it eliciting nothing more than 'meh' from people who aren't already interested in / enchanted by Studio Ghibli, but as someone who is, that is just beautiful.

However, I'm not interested in 'cute' games, I prefer darker stories and environments. So how do we get them to produce a Grave of the Fireflies RPG?

Though I do like The Walking Dead (comics, TV series, game, in that order), I can't say I respect it that much; it's fun but not deep. To me, it doesn't really approach the "tear your heart out of your chest and beat your soul to death with it" beauty that is Grave of the Fireflies.

Even imagining the latter as a game has me wanting a beer and watching the Elder Scrolls Online trailer over and over again to keep my spirits up.

Hitomi Tanaka's Paperweights:Even imagining the latter as a game has me wanting a beer and watching the Elder Scrolls Online trailer over and over again to keep my spirits up.

Oh, come on. That trailer was as generic as you can get. It could have been for a new Guild Wars, Warcraft, or Everquest expansion. I'm stoked as hell about the game, but thought the trailer was boring.

Sergeant Grumbles:Oh, come on. That trailer was as generic as you can get. It could have been for a new Guild Wars, Warcraft, or Everquest expansion. I'm stoked as hell about the game, but thought the trailer was boring.

Well, again, I was looking to cheer myself up, not to provoke any deep thoughts. That trailer was more entertaining that a lot of movies I've seen in the last few months.

Sergeant Grumbles:roc6783: ***snip***This game is beautiful. This is what Nintendo should have been aiming for with Wind Waker graphics if they were trying to capture childish whimsy and wonder. This looks head and shoulders above what Nintendo released of the WW remake.

Ya, I wasn't trying to pick on FF or early polygon 3D games, just that I prefer the earlier art style. It is probably 99% nostalgia, but that's just me. I would rather play Shining Force or Dragon Warrior over anything out right now. Just something about them that I enjoy more than other games.